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The atmosphere in the office is a bit stagnant.

Cao Zhengyang was silent for a long time and said: "Your Highness, our Cao family fully supports Your Highness, but this matter is too big, Cao must go back and discuss it with his father." ”

"Uh......" Xiao Ming's turn was surprised this time, he didn't expect Cao Zhengyang to answer so happily.

Today was the first time he had come up with the idea, and it was nothing more than a rudimentary form of the East India Company, a company that was powered by capital to plunder resources around the world.

What he had just said was nothing more than the idea of turning the attack on the barbarians into a feast for merchants.

Speaking of this, Cao Zhengyang became more and more excited, and then he said bluntly: "It seems that my father sent Cao to come this time, it is said that His Royal Highness said in the court that the things he made came from a Western missionary, it seems that His Highness did not lie, and he did not hide it, our Cao family is doing business with the Dutch." ”

Xiao Ming shook the teacup in his hand, and his expression became solemn, "You said Dutch? ”

"That's right, it's the Dutch, isn't it true that Your Highness sent Yue Yun to sail this time to establish a trade route with the Westerners?"

His eyes rolled, and Xiao Ming said: "That's right, this king is this idea, but so the king of Chu also knows about the Dutch?" ”

Cao Zhengyang seemed surprised, he said: "That's right, the king of Chu has been in secret contact with the Dutch, at first the Dutch thought that the king of Chu was the current saint, but then they understood, the king of Chu gave them the most favored nation treatment, and promised to only do business with the Dutch, so the Dutch gave up." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, since Cao Zhengyang knew about Western affairs, he didn't need to hide it after learning that he once had a Western priest teacher.

Because in his opinion, he must have understood the Western world today.

Speaking of which, this simple exchange of interests has changed its taste, Xiao Ming said: "The King of Chu is bold, he has been hiding from the court for so many years, it's really damned!" ”

"Your Highness, every vassal king has his own secrets, doesn't His Highness have them too?" Cao Zhengyang's eyes were blazing, "Of course, what we businessmen pursue is always profit, and it is precisely because of this that our Cao family will support His Highness to go north to expel the barbarians, because our Cao family has seen the Western Chamber of Commerce, and they are following the footsteps of the national war to make a fortune." ”

"You know so much, this king won't say much, since your Cao family wants to do business in this king's fiefdom, there is one more thing I hope you can agree."

Xiao Ming didn't expect that today's simple meeting with the Cao family would develop to this extent.

In this way, the Western powers outside the Great Chongqing State have already divided their spheres of influence in the world, and their current barbarians in the north have not yet been dealt with.

"Your Highness, please?"

"The granaries of the Cao family are all over the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the gap of grain in this king's fief is very large, so this king wants to buy some grain from the Cao family." Xiao Ming said.

"How much food does Your Highness need, please give your Highness a number."

"Six million stone grains." Xiao Ming said.

Last year, he extorted millions of stone grain from the King of Wei, plus the barter for business, these grains were enough to feed the soldiers, but if they were on average, they would only be enough to feed the people for a year.

In this way, he was still two years short of reserves, and he calculated that his fiefdom needed six million stone of grain for a year, and what he bought was exactly one year's amount.

He'll figure out the rest.

Cao Zhengyang's color changed slightly, this six million stones is not a small amount, "Your Highness is joking, our Cao family is not the King of Wei, although the Cao family is rumored to be the richest man in the world, but the financial resources are far less than any vassal king, in my opinion, our Cao family can provide at most 500,000 stone of food, but now the Dutch and the King of Chu are gradually giving birth to a gap, the King of Chu is needing a large number of artillery to build his own fleet, His Royal Highness can exchange artillery with the King of Chu, our Cao family is willing to promote this matter for His Royal Highness in front of the King of Chu." ”

Xiao Ming stared at Cao Zhengyang's eyes, this Cao family suddenly made such a big bet on himself that he had not expected it, and now he had to help himself like this.

He was very suspicious that the Cao family might be in some kind of predicament now, and this predicament was still a life-and-death dilemma.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Cao family to take such a big risk to contact themselves.

Could it really be the same as he thought, the king of Chu was ready to kill this fat pig to feed himself? And the Cao family had a premonition in advance?

However, if this is the case, the Cao family will definitely lose a lot, even if they live, they will not live up to the name of the richest man, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is also a big piece of meat to come to their own fiefdom.

And using this matter, he can also refer to the king of Chu and scold him for concealing the affairs of the Dutch and bullying the king.

Thinking of this, he said, "This will be a matter of work." ”

"Your Highness is polite, it is an honor for our Cao family to serve His Highness."

Cao Zhengyang was full of smiles, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, this time to meet the King of Qi was really a risky move for the Cao family.

It's just that one step forward is death, and one step back is also death, and they are also forced to survive.

After saying this, Xiao Ming said to Li Kaiyuan: "Kaiyuan, you are responsible for entertaining you for the past two days, so as not to lose your courtesy." ”

Li Kaiyuan nodded, Xiao Ming's status is noble, so naturally he Li Kaiyuan is responsible for entertaining Cao Zhengyang.

The two left, and Xiao Ming fell into deep thought.

The Cao family's visit this time was really beyond his expectations, although he was confident that the Cao family would not be able to help but find him to do business sooner or later.

It's just that he didn't expect to be surprised by this situation, remembering Cao Zhengyang's pretense of surprise when he revealed that the King of Chu was in contact with the Dutch, and he became more and more sure that there was a problem between the Cao family and the King of Chu.

As for why the Cao family chose this time, it was naturally Yue Yun's fleet that gave him the capital to exchange interests.

With a sneer, Xiao Ming stood up, he needed capital, but he also didn't believe in capital.

Capital will help him expand his territory, but a careless person will kill him.

Therefore, Xiao Ming has always been cautious about business, taking advantage of its favorable side and beware of its insidious and bloody side.

However, if the Cao family really provides logistics for their own conquest of the barbarians, this shows that this Cao family really has a long-term vision, and they are really on guard.

Thinking all the way, Xiao Ming went to the palace.

On the way, he suddenly ran into Pang Yukun.

"Your Highness, Xia Guan is preparing to go to the palace to find you." Pang Yukun was a little anxious.

"What's wrong?"

Pang Yukun said: "Xiaguan's friends in Jizhou sent two letters in a row, one of which mentioned that there had been civil unrest in King Yong's fiefdom, and King Yong was sending troops to suppress and strictly order the news to be blocked, which is not a good sign. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming frowned, his worries were becoming reality step by step.

(To be continued.) )